by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Southern Regional Technical College was awarded 18 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Southwest Georgia Technical College landed the #79 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southwest Georgia Technical College held the #705 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southwest Georgia Technical College is also ranked #4 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
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If you are worried about getting into Southern Regional Technical College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Southern Regional Technical College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southern Regional Technical College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 48% rate at Southern Regional Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,154 undergraduates at Southwest Georgia Technical College with 1,191 being full-time and 2,963 being part-time.
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Contact details for Southwest Georgia Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 15689 Us Hwy 19 North, Thomasville, GA 31792 |
| Phone: | 229-225-4096 |
| Website: | southernregional.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 152 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 137 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 129 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 124 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 109 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 105 | NA |
| Nursing | 86 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 78 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 63 | NA |
| Carpentry | 47 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,817 students took at least one online class at Southern Regional Technical College. This is an increase from the 2,526 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,817 | 1,414 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,526 | 1,321 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,590 | 1,386 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,085 | 573 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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